Blue Mosque | History

              the blue mosque you will also see who

built the mosque and when it was

completed Sultan Ahmed mosque also known

as the blue mosque is a historic mosque

located in Istanbul Turkey

it was constructed between 1609 and 1616

during the rule of 

Ahmed first the

mosque has five main domes six minarets

and eight secondary domes the upper area

is decorated with approximately 20,000

hand-painted glazed ceramic in 60

different tulip patterns the lower

storeys are illuminated by 200

stained-glass windows these are some

interesting facts about this marvellous

architectural design that we would like

to share with you number one never been

called as blue mosque by Turks this

mosque has never been called as the blue

mosque by the Turks but it is known as

the blue mosque by many tourists because

of the blue tiles adorns the interior

and gives the building its unofficial

name number two South Minh was only 19

when he initiated the construction

Sultanahmet first was only 19 years old

when he initiated the construction of

the mosque his decision provoked the

anger of ottoman scholars and ottoman

population because ottoman sultans had

always paid for their mosque with their

war booty number three architect mermaid

Agha died the same time as Sultan the

architect of the blue mosque was sadef

Kumar Mehta who became chief Imperial

architect to the Ottoman Court in 1606

and was the last student of architect

Sonam after the construction of mosque

was completed ma'amed Agha died in 1617

at about the same time as his Sultan

number four total cost of the mosque

according to registers of construction

expenses the total cost of the

construction of self-nominate mosque was

over 180 million axes which originally

referred to a silver coin number five

gold minarets as six minarets according

to folklore an architect misheard the

Sultan's request for all human Arella

gold minarets as aldman eras six

minarets and the timer unique feature of

the mosque of the Kaaba in Mecca when

criticized for his presumption the

Sultan then ordered a seventh minaret to

be built at the Mecca mosque number six

it is not only a mosque the Sultan Ahmed

mosque also included madrasah a higher

educational institution a hospital and a

merit a soup kitchen a primary school a

market and a tomb for the members of the

royal family many of these buildings

were later torn down in the 19th century

number 7 only mosque with six minarets

the blue mosque is the only mosque with

six minarets in Istanbul

however Turkey hosts two other mosques

with six minarets one of them is Hertz

mcdead mosque in Mersin City and the

other one is Savannah marques mosque in

Adana city number 8 still a working

mosque although it is one of his temples

most popular sites it is still a working

mosque and is therefore closes for

ninety minutes to tourists at each pray

time according to statements of e-sharp

slannen imam of the blue mosque around

20,000 people can worship at the mosque

at the same time